Refugee women and their mental health : shattered societies, shattered lives / Ellen Cole, Oliva M. Espin, Esther D. Rothblum, editors.

Other author Cole, Ellen.
Other author Espín, Oliva M.
Other author Rothblum, Esther D.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Haworth Press, ©1992.
Descriptionxii, 308 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Women refugees--Mental health.
Women refugees--Counseling of.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.

Contents Refugee women and their mental health : shattered societies, shattered lives / Ellen Cole -- A personal introduction / Esther D. Rothblum -- Roots uprooted : the psychological impact of historical/political dislocation / Olivia M. Espin -- Understanding refugees : from the inside out. Coping with stress : a refugee's story / Delia H. Saldaña -- Birth, transformation, and death of refugee identity : women and girls of the Intifada / Mary K. Roberson -- Women in exile and their children / Maria Bylund -- Rape and domestic violence : the experience of refugee women / Amy R. Friedman -- Soviet Jewish refugee women : searching for security / Deborah Fuller Hahn -- Displaced women in settings of continuing armed conflict / Michael D. Roe -- Fifty years later : am I still an immigrant? / Rachel Josefowitz Siegel -- Working with refugees : the challenges and rewards. The balancing act : plight of Afghan women refugees / Sultana Parvanta.
Contents (cont.) Traces of Khmer women's imaginary : finding our way in the west / Sokhany Sieng, Janice L. Thompson -- From helpless victim to empowered survivor : oral history as a treatment for survivors of torture / Patricia K. Robin Herbst -- On trail in the promised land : seeking asylum / Nancy Grey Postero -- Journeys to recovery : the healing process. Testimonio, a bridge between psychotherapy and sociotherapy / Adrianne Aron -- Healing the wounds of the Mahantdori / Theanvy Kuoch, Richard A. Miller, Mary F. Scully -- Women and political torture : work with refugee survivors in exile / Barbara Chester -- Markers of successful aging among Vietnamese refugee women / Barbara W.K. Yee -- Diagnostic studies across cultures. Treatment for psychosomatic blindness among Cambodian refugee women / Gretchen B. Van Boemel, Patricia D. Rozée -- Post-traumatic stress disorder among Salvadoran women : empirical evidence and description of treatment / Deborah J. Bowen ... [et al.].
Contents (cont.) Post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnamese women / Judith Shepherd -- Healing their wounds : Guatemalan refugee women as political activists / Deborah Light.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 92024548
ISBN1560243724 (acid-free paper)
ISBN1560230304 (pbk : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks RC451.4.R43 R455 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold